Earthgirl
Sixteen-year-old Sabine Solomon, having been in an altercation with a driver who threw garbage at her, decides to change her life and become a crusader for the environment, but finds her new passion met by resistance from her family and friends and taking a dark turn.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: environmentalism, teenage girls, blogs, families, friendship [X], family life [X], environmental movement, weblogs, teenagers [X], girls, family
Chasing Shadows
Best friends for eleven years, Holly, Savitri, and Holly's twin, Corey, are a unit, freerunning through Chicago as if they were superheroes until a random act of violence takes Corey's life and, as they tell in their separate voices, Holly seeks the murderer and revenge while Sav feels left behind.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: teenage girls, death, friendship [X], grief, teenagers [X], family life [X], east indian americans, best friends, murder, chicago (ill.)
Mistress Of The Storm
After a stranger gives an ancient book to unpopular, twelve-year-old Verity Gallant, she and her new-found friends, Henry and Martha, uncover secrets stirring in the harbor town of Wellow and use them to face a powerful, vengeful witch.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: teenagers [X], books and reading, friendship [X], witches, families, family life [X], sailing, fantasy, fantasy fiction
Fat Angie
"After hitting the road with her friends last summer and taking the stage to sing her heart out in Columbus, Angie finally feels like she's figuring things out.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: obesity, friendship [X], high schools, school stories, family life [X], ohio, school stories, overweight teenagers, schools, teenagers [X], bullies, lesbian teenagers, high school students, automobile travel, bullying, road fiction, young adult fiction, rock groups, families
Katman
Despite being teased by his peers, sixteen-year-old Kit refuses to give up his new hobby of tending to local stray cats, especially after his one friend and closest companion creates a special drawing that depicts him as the humane hero he has become.
741.5
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: teenagers [X], animal welfare, cats, animals, friendship [X], family life [X], comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics, graphic novels, family, families, pets, graphic novels
The Public Eye
"Shane's father is running for public office. The family has to represent.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: african americans, teenagers [X], family life [X], dating (social customs), friendship [X], african american teenagers, families, high schools
The Porcupine Of Truth
Seventeen-year-old Carson Speier is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 44
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: friendship [X], african american teenage girls, children of alcoholics, dysfunctional families, billings (mont.), family life [X], alcoholism, african americans, teenagers [X], missing persons, family problems, coming of age, bildungsromans
The Thing You're Good At
"Jake's friend Maria is the daughter of undocumented immigrants who have been living and working in the country for a long time.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: kidnapping, illegal aliens, friendship [X], teenagers [X], families, deportation, abduction, family life [X], unauthorized immigrants
Holy Crushamoly!
Thirteen-year-old Phoebe is surprised and excited when she's asked to join the debating team.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship [X], teenagers [X], first loves, families, racism, family life [X], love stories, romance fiction
Sanctuary Somewhere
"Seventeen-year-old Osmel dreams of being a meteorologist. His world is shattered when he finds out he is undocumented.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: teenage boys, illegal aliens, unauthorized immigrants, novels in verse, hispanic american high school students, immigrants, high schools, hispanic americans, schools, high school students, latinos (u.s.), teenagers [X], family life [X], friendship [X], novels in verse, bildungsromans, electronic books
What If?
"Josh Baker isn't sure why his brain tells him to do things that other people don't need to do: checking his locker again and again, counting cracks in ceilings, and always needing to finish a song, for starters.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenagers [X], family life [X], friendship [X], novels in verse, novels in verse, domestic fiction, high school students
Bajo Las Estrellas
"When teens Zorie and Lennon, a former couple, are stranded in the California wilderness together, they must put aside their differences, and come to terms with lingering romantic feelings, in order to survive"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenagers [X], survival skills, friendship [X], dating (social customs), camping, family life [X], spanish language, california, romance fiction, humorous fiction
The Falling In Love Montage
"Two girls embark on a summer of montage-worthy dates (with a few strings attached)"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dating (social customs), lesbian teenagers, friendship [X], remarriage, families, teenagers [X], family life [X], ireland, lesbian fiction
In Honor Of Broken Things
Oscar has just lost his beloved younger sister to cancer, Noah is a genius who has been homeschooled all his life but has decided he wants to go to middle school, Riley is an artist who has just moved back to West Beacon with his mother after she was held up at gun point--they are three unlikely friends with troubles in their lives, but when they meet in their middle school pottery class, they begin to learn how to piece their lives back together again.
FIC
year:
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenagers [X], middle schools, friendship [X], families, pottery craft, family problems, schools, family life [X], school stories
Half Moon Summer
Two seventh graders, Drew and Mia, spend their summer in Half Moon Bay, California, training for a half-marathon, and supporting each other as their families struggle with medical and financial problems.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenagers [X], family life [X], marathon running, parent-child relationship, friendship [X], half moon bay (calif.)